Kimetto Breaks Course Record in Chicago

Oct. 13, 2013 10:51 p.m. ET

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Dennis Kimetto of Kenya celebrates after winning the men's event in the Chicago Marathon.
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Kenya's Dennis Kimetto captured the Chicago Marathon Sunday, breaking the course record in a field of 40,230 runners. Kimetto finished in 2 hours, 3 minutes, 45 seconds, leading a 1-2-3 finish for Kenyan men. He bested the mark of 2:04:38 set by Ethiopia's Tsegaye Kebede last year.

It was Kimetto's second major victory this year, to go with a win at Tokyo in February. Countrywoman Rita Jeptoo was the women's winner.

—Associated Press

Texans Sink Deeper, Chiefs Keep Climbing

Through six weeks of play in the NFL, many of last year's great teams are mired in mediocrity. On Sunday, the Green Bay Packers improved to 3-2 with a 19-17 win over the defending champion Baltimore Ravens (3-3), in a game that showed that neither team has recaptured its former glory.

The Houston Texans' season appeared to come to an unofficial end as the perennial playoff contenders were blown out at home by the St. Louis Rams, 38-13, dropping them to 2-4. Texans quarterback Matt Schaub's nightmare season got worse when he left the game with an ankle injury.

The reverse of the Texans' cursed season seems to be happening in Kansas City, where the Chiefs are 6-0 after tormenting Raiders quarterback Terrelle Pryor, picking him off three times in a 24-7 win.

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